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There are two main requirements for grandparents to obtain custody of their grandchildren in NY. First, a grandparent has to prove that there are “extraordinary circumstances” in order to get standing. Second, after extraordinary circumstances are established, the court decides custody based on the “best interest of the child.”

Dear Justice, can I file an order of protection in NY against someone who does not live in NY? I got into an unsafe situation with someone in Connecticut and I moved to New York after the altercation. The person I want to file the order of protection against still lives in Connecticut. Can I still get an order of protection against him?

A court needs to have personal jurisdiction over a person in order to make a ruling affecting the person. If a court does not have personal jurisdiction over a person, the court usually cannot decide the case. In this article, we take you through how a court can obtain personal jurisdiction in New York over an out-of-state person.

Dear Justice, my landlord’s property was recently sold in a foreclosure. Last week I received a notice from the new owner to leave my apartment within the next ten days. Can the new property owner evict me so soon after the sale?

If a lender or mortgage loan servicer has not followed the proper instructions when sending the 90 day pre-foreclosure notice, then it cannot legally bring a foreclosure suit in court against its borrower. In this article we’ll take you through the requirements for the 90 day pre-foreclosure notice with regards to home loans.

A motion for summary judgment in New York is one of the most powerful motions in litigation. It could determine: whether a trial will or will not take place; whether the plaintiff or defendant wins the entire case; or whether the plaintiff or defendant wins only one part of the case and takes the rest to trial. In this article, we’ll take you through what you need to know to understand and utilize the power of the motion for summary judgment.

If you are not a citizen of the United States, you will likely need to submit to USCIS form I-765, which is the form that allows you to get a work permit, also called your employment authorization document (EAD). In this article we take you through: What Form I-765 is; How to Fill Out Form I-765; What Documents to Attach to Form I-765; and Where to Mail Form I-765.

Dear Justice, my dad was served with a lawsuit, but he doesn’t want to fight it because he doesn’t want to spend a lot of money on an attorney. Is it better to not fight the case or to at least try?

We hear of the complicated processes involved in litigating a civil lawsuit, but what are the specific stages of a civil case in practice? In this article, we take you through the steps of commencing a civil lawsuit in Connecticut to the options that are available post trial.